garden : Idioms & Phrases


Bear garden

  • . (a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or fighting. (b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or permitted. M. Arnold.
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Bear garden, Botanic garden

  • etc. See under Bear, etc.
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Bee garden

  • a garden or inclosure to set beehives in ; an apiary. Mortimer.
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beer garden

  • noun tavern with an outdoor area (usually resembling a garden) where beer and other alcoholic drinks are served
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black and gold garden spider

  • noun a widely distributed North American garden spider
    Argiope aurantia.
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Botanic garden

  • a garden devoted to the culture of plants collected for the purpose of illustrating the science of botany.
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botanical garden

  • noun a facility where trees and shrubs are cultivated for exhibition
    arboretum.
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common garden cress

  • noun annual herb used as salad green and garnish
    Lepidium sativum; common garden cress; pepperwort; pepper grass.
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common or garden

  • adjective satellite the usual or familiar type
    • it is a common or garden sparrow
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flower garden

  • noun a garden featuring flowering plants
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flower gardening

  • noun the cultivation of flowering plants
    floriculture.
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formal garden

  • noun a garden laid out on regular lines with plants arranged in symmetrical locations or in geometrical designs
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Garden mold ∨ mould

  • rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden. Mortimer.
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garden angelica

  • noun a biennial cultivated herb; its stems are candied and eaten and its roots are used medicinally
    archangel; Angelica Archangelica.
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garden balm

  • noun bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America
    sweet balm; lemon balm; bee balm; Melissa officinalis; beebalm.
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Garden balsam

  • an ornamental plant (Impatiens Balsamina).
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garden cart

  • noun a cart for carrying small loads; has handles and one or more wheels
    lawn cart; wheelbarrow; barrow.
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garden centipede

  • noun minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops
    symphilid; garden centipede; Scutigerella immaculata.
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garden chair

  • noun chair left outside for use on a lawn or in a garden
    lawn chair.
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garden cress

  • noun cress cultivated for salads and garnishes
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garden current

  • noun cultivated European current bearing small edible red berries
    red currant; Ribes rubrum.
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garden egg

  • noun hairy upright herb native to southeastern Asia but widely cultivated for its large glossy edible fruit commonly used as a vegetable
    aubergine; eggplant; eggplant bush; Solanum melongena; brinjal; mad apple.
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Garden engine

  • a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens.
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garden forget-me-not

  • noun small biennial to perennial herb of Europe, northern Africa and western Asia having blue, purple or white flowers
    Myosotis sylvatica.
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Garden glass

  • . (a) A bell glass for covering plants. (b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany.
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garden heliotrope

  • noun tall rhizomatous plant having very fragrant flowers and rhizomes used medicinally
    Valeriana officinalis; common valerian.
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garden hose

  • noun a hose used for watering a lawn or garden
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Garden house

  • (a) A summer house. Beau & Fl. (b) A privy. Southern U.S.
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garden huckleberry

  • noun improved garden variety of black nightshade having small edible orange or black berries
    sunberry; Solanum melanocerasum; wonderberry; Solanum nigrum guineese; Solanum burbankii.
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Garden husbandry

  • the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale.
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garden lettuce

  • noun annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown
    Lactuca sativa; common lettuce.
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garden loosestrife

  • noun frequently considered a weed; Europe and Asia
    yellow loosestrife; Lysimachia vulgaris.
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Garden nail

  • a cast nail used, for fastening vines to brick walls. Knight.
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garden nasturtium

  • noun strong-growing annual climber having large flowers of all shades of orange from orange-red to yellowish orange and seeds that are pickled and used like capers
    Indian cress; Tropaeolum majus.
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Garden net

  • a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds.
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garden of eden

  • noun a beautiful garden where Adam and Eve were placed at the Creation; when they disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil they were driven from their paradise (the fall of man)
    Eden.
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garden orache

  • noun Asiatic plant resembling spinach often used as a potherb; naturalized in Europe and North America
    Atriplex hortensis; mountain spinach.
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Garden party

  • noun a party of people assembled for social interaction out of doors
    fete champetre; lawn party.
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  • a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence.
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garden pea

  • noun the flattened to cylindric inflated multi-seeded fruit of the common pea plant
  • noun plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
    Pisum sativum; garden pea; common pea.
  • noun fresh pea
    green pea.
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garden pea plant

  • noun plant producing peas usually eaten fresh rather than dried
    Pisum sativum; garden pea; common pea.
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garden pepper cress

  • noun annual herb used as salad green and garnish
    Lepidium sativum; common garden cress; pepperwort; pepper grass.
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garden pink

  • noun any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus cultivated for their fragrant flowers
    pink.
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garden plant

  • noun any of a variety of plants usually grown especially in a flower or herb garden
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Garden plot

  • a plot appropriated to a garden.
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Garden pot

  • a watering pot.
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Garden pump

  • a garden engine; a barrow pump.
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garden rake

  • noun a rake used by gardeners
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garden rhubarb

  • noun long cultivated hybrid of Rheum palmatum; stems often cooked in pies or as sauce or preserves
    Rheum rhaponticum; Rheum rhabarbarum; pie plant; Rheum cultorum.
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garden rocket

  • noun erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
    rocket; roquette; Eruca vesicaria sativa; arugula; Eruca sativa; rocket salad.
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garden roller

  • noun heavy cast-iron cylinder used to flatten lawns
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Garden shears

  • large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc.
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garden snail

  • noun any of several inedible snails of the genus Helix; often destructive pests
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garden sorrel

  • noun low perennial with small silvery-green ovate to hastate leaves
    Rumex scutatus; French sorrel.
  • noun European sorrel with large slightly acidic sagittate leaves grown throughout north temperate zone for salad and spring greens
    sour dock; Rumex acetosa.
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garden spade

  • noun a spade used by gardeners
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Garden spider

  • noun a spider common in European gardens
    Aranea diademata.
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  • (Zoöl.), the diadem spider (Epeira diadema), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and Spider web.
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Garden stand

  • a stand for flower pots.
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garden state

  • noun a Mid-Atlantic state on the Atlantic; one of the original 13 colonies
    NJ; Jersey; New Jersey.
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garden stater

  • noun a native of resident of New Jersey
    New Jerseyan; New Jerseyite.
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garden strawberry

  • noun widely cultivated
    Fragaria ananassa; cultivated strawberry.
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Garden stuff

  • vegetables raised in a garden. Colloq.
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garden symphilid

  • noun minute arthropod often infesting the underground parts of truck-garden and greenhouse crops
    symphilid; garden centipede; Scutigerella immaculata.
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Garden syringe

  • a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc.
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garden tool

  • noun used for working in gardens or yards
    lawn tool.
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garden trowel

  • noun a trowel used by gardeners
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Garden truck

  • noun fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
    green goods; produce; green groceries.
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  • vegetables raised for the market. Colloq.
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garden violet

  • noun European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized
    English violet; Viola odorata; sweet violet.
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Garden ware

  • garden truck. Obs. Mortimer.
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garden webworm

  • noun a variety of webworm
    Loxostege similalis.
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Hanging garden

  • a garden sustained at an artificial elevation by any means, as by the terraces at Babylon.
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hanging gardens of babylon

  • noun a terraced garden at Babylon watered by pumps from the Euphrates; construction attributed to Nebuchadnezzar around 600 BC
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herb garden

  • noun a garden for growing herbs
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hop garden

  • noun a garden where hops are grown
    hop field.
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indoor garden

  • noun a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner
    conservatory; hothouse.
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kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate

  • noun annual with broadly ovate leaves and slender drooping spikes of crimson flowers; southeastern Asia and Australia; naturalized in North America
    prince's-plume; Polygonum orientale; princess feather; prince's-feather.
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Kitchen garden

  • noun a small garden where vegetables are grown
    vegetable patch; kitchen garden.
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  • a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use.
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Landscape gardening

  • noun working as a landscape gardener
    landscaping.
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  • The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect.
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Market garden

  • noun a garden where fruit and vegetables are grown for marketing
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  • a garden in which vegetables are raised for market.
  • a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use.
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Market gardening

  • noun the growing of vegetables or flowers for market
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  • the raising of vegetables for market.
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peace garden state

  • noun a state of north central United States bordering on Canada
    ND; North Dakota.
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rock garden

  • noun a garden featuring rocks; usually alpine plants
    rockery.
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roof garden

  • noun a garden on a flat roof of a building
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rose garden

  • noun a garden for growing roses
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Salt garden

  • an arrangement for the natural evaporation of sea water for the production of salt, employing large shallow basins excavated near the seashore.
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sunken garden

  • noun a garden set below the level of the ground surrounding it
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Tea garden

  • noun a public garden where tea is served
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  • a public garden where tea and other refreshments are served.
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truck garden

  • noun a farm where vegetables are grown for market
    truck farm.
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tuileries gardens

  • noun formal gardens next to the Louvre in Paris
    Tuileries.
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vegetable garden

  • noun a small garden where vegetables are grown
    vegetable patch; kitchen garden.
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victory garden

  • noun a kitchen garden planted during wartime to relieve food shortages
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zoological garden

  • noun the facility where wild animals are housed for exhibition
    menagerie; zoo.
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